Vanessa Garcia first learned about TaskRabbit in 2017 when her friend told her about the platform, and she decided to try it as a way to earn some extra income while pursuing her acting career. See: ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Maggie Peddicord, a 25-year-old gig worker on Taskrabbit and student based in Fort Collins, Colorado. It's been edited for length and clarity. I'm ...

Taskrabbit CEO Ania Smith says interest in becoming a "tasker" is way up. There's been a noticeable uptick in applications over the past three years, the CEO told the Decoder podcast. Asked if that ...

Ask me about the most binge-worthy show on Netflix or the best holiday shopping spots, and I'm all in. But when it comes to home repairs or turning a stack of Ikea parts into a fully functional desk, ...

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I interviewed Stacy Brown-Philpot, the chief executive officer of TaskRabbit, the online and mobile marketplace that matches freelance labor with local demand to help consumers access immediate ...

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The oft-debated recession indicator. Lipstick sales, the "men's underwear index," and … an increase in Taskrabbit applications? There's been an uptick in recent years in the number of people looking ...